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Obama says he was 'encouraged' by conversation with Trump

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DarkKyo

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I wonder if Trump will show signs of extreme aging the way most presidents do after 4-8 years of mega stress, or if he won't be very hands on so he won't experience that kind of stress.
 
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mreddie

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TheOddOne said:
Better source.

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Obama: My phone hours are from 8AM-10PM
Donald: Okay...dammit, what happened?
 
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DontBeThatGuy

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rdytoroll said:
Yes, it really is. The way Obama shifts his whole body in order to get a good grip on the handshake shows him in a much higher position of power and at the same time friendliness/respect to his opponent. Trump is lazily extending his hand and his facial expression almost shows that he feels he's not sure what he just put himself into. He will soon be the most powerful man in the free world and I'm not quite sure that he feels ready at all
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If he's that fucked up about it, he needs to surround himself with good people, and not the kind of the people that actually wanted to be involved with him during his campaign. He didn't have much a choice then, now he does.
 
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Akuun

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Obama has always been one of the classiest motherfuckers who's ever been President, so he's definitely trying to keep the country calm. There's enough hate and chaos going around as it is. He'll definitely be missed.

The handshake picture really says a lot. I always believed that Trump just wanted the presidency because he saw it as a competition. He just wanted to win. Nothing more. And now that he's won, he's learning all the things that come with being the president, and they're all things he didn't want and/or didn't think of.

Trump's face has "Shit, I'm in way over my head" written all over it.
Obama's wearing a perfect poker face, but I'm reading it as him thinking "I know you are."
 
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Jawbreaker

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DarkKyo said:
I wonder if Trump will show signs of extreme aging the way most presidents do after 4-8 years of mega stress, or if he won't be very hands on so he won't experience that kind of stress.
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No matter what, he's going to face a lot of stress. Even if the people behind him are calling the shots, he's still the figurehead that's going to have to take the brunt of the criticisms and answer to them. If we know Donald Trump, that's going to eat at him hard.
 
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Sephzilla

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It's only been a couple of days so I think it's too soon to really tell, but thus far Trumps body language does reflect a guy who knows he's in too deep. Between that, and a lot of Trumps other problems, I'll almost be impressed if he finishes a full term.
 
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cordy

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I'm really thinking this is going to be some Colonel/Otacon/Zero and Snake shit. Obama's gonna have to be the Colonel and steer this guy for 4 years. Obama will be damned if he lets this country fail and Trumps smart enough to get Obama and others to help him.
 
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teruterubozu

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Sephzilla said:
It's only been a couple of days so I think it's too soon to really tell, but thus far Trumps body language does reflect a guy who knows he's in too deep. Between that, and a lot of Trumps other problems, I'll almost be impressed if he finishes a full term.
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I fear the power is gonna make him feel right at home in no time.
 
Vestal

Vestal

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Sephzilla said:
I really hope Trump is being sincere and a bunch of the hot air he was spewing was stuff to get elected. I really hope so.
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It doesn't matter. The damage is done. He has already empowered what is worst in our country with his rhetoric.

Words matter.
 
Bolivar687

Bolivar687

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I'm glad we're not calling this "normalizing racism" anymore. We've all been waiting for this election to end, now it's time to move on.
 
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AJLma

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You guys are really working overtime to make the absolute worst out of this outcome. They met eyes at the end during the handshake in the video...
 
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Vicetrailia

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Trump did all that hard work to be prez and now he's scared? No experience hurts, his path will be hard. He needs an Obama, Hillary, or other trustworthy people to guide him. But he has untrustworthy sharks.
 
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FyreWulff

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Sephzilla said:
It's only been a couple of days so I think it's too soon to really tell, but thus far Trumps body language does reflect a guy who knows he's in too deep. Between that, and a lot of Trumps other problems, I'll almost be impressed if he finishes a full term.
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Everyone always looks like they ate a bowl of razor-Os after they get the briefing as pres-elect

Obama went from :D to "i've seen some shit"
 
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Ithil

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Akuun said:
Obama has always been one of the classiest motherfuckers who's ever been President, so he's definitely trying to keep the country calm. There's enough hate and chaos going around as it is. He'll definitely be missed.

The handshake picture really says a lot. I always believed that Trump just wanted the presidency because he saw it as a competition. He just wanted to win. Nothing more. And now that he's won, he's learning all the things that come with being the president, and they're all things he didn't want and/or didn't think of.

Trump's face has "Shit, I'm in way over my head" written all over it.
Obama's wearing a perfect poker face, but I'm reading it as him thinking "I know you are."
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Like everything, it was always a contest for him to win. The biggest contest with the biggest win, what could be bigger than winning the Presidency? In addition he'd get his petty payback on the President who had made a fool of him in 2011.

Now suddenly it's actually reality and that same President is staring daggers at him, and he responds by looking at the floor.
 
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BronsonLee

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Ithil said:
Like everything, it was always a contest for him to win. The biggest contest with the biggest win, what could be bigger than winning the Presidency? In addition he'd get his petty payback on the President who had made a fool of him in 2011.

Now suddenly it's actually reality and that same President is staring daggers at him, and he responds by looking at the floor.
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'you feel like a winner, Donnie?'

Also now Donald Trump gets to look at the Book of Secrets and PROBABLY get kidnapped by Benjamin Gates
 
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Hoo-doo

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I mean, he's got to go and do actual work now. Around the clock.

He's simply realizing that his cozy, drinking-champagne-in-a-jacuzzi lifestyle is on hold for the next 4 years.
 
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Kusagari

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I'm pretty convinced at this point that regardless of what happens, Trump isn't running for a second term.

He's going to take his win and get the hell out of dodge. He wouldn't want to risk losing anyway.
 
LordKasual

LordKasual

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What's been flying as a candidate will not work as POTUS. Trump has to know this.

He knows he's made a terrible mess.

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Good god. That face. You would have thought he lost.

This is worth well over a thousand words.
 
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PepsimanVsJoe

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If Trump really wanted to not get elected, there's a short list of words he could have used during his many speeches.

These pictures are not boding well for the planet's future. Are we sure this isn't a reverse time-line and that Obama is actually the president-elect? The handshake alone seems to have aged Trump 4-8 years.
 
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Ithil

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Interfectum said:
Yeah it seems like he's gone from a punk kid spouting off at the mouth to being in the back of his mom's car on the way to military school.
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Or the class clown who gets elected class president because he makes funny jokes and suddenly he's at a boring after-school meeting every day.
 
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Herne

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Ithil said:
I believe it was the author of Art of the Deal who had to get to know Trump to write it, who said that Trump didn't truly want to win, that his real dream scenario would be to lose by one electoral vote or .1% of the popular vote, so that he could claim that it was rigged and he's the rightful winner and President forever, without having to actually be President.
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Your avatar is so apt right now.
 
smokeymicpot

smokeymicpot

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Hoo-doo said:
I mean, he's got to go and do actual work now. Around the clock.

He's simply realizing that his cozy, drinking-champagne-in-a-jacuzzi lifestyle is on hold for the next 4 years.
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And he isn't a young guy. He is the oldest President and it is very stressful. Dude is in for a rude awakening.
 
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